Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.
Jonathon Swift.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Mohandas Gandhi
The purpose of life is a life of purpose.
Robert Byrne.
Think about it.
The time is now.
We have reached our Friday Filosophy #2015-20 and are focusing upon our rights and pursuit of our goals this week:
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and the freedom in all just pursuits.
In matters of style, swim with the current; matters of principle, stand like a rock.
The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.
The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.
A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.
There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.
I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
Some thoughts from Thomas Jefferson to provoke thought..
The time is now.
It is a wonderful day isn’t it?
The 1st day of May.
Summer is nearly upon us.
So let’s look at some potent thoughts for today.
There is little you can learn from doing nothing.
Motivation is the fuel, necessary to keep the human engine running.
The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.
People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.
Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining – it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn’t solve any problems.
With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity, you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt.
You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.
It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline than enabled us to follow through.
Some thoughts from Zig Ziglar. Enjoy.
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When I check the tally of these posts, the year seems to be going quickly. This is #2015-17 of our Friday Filosophy.
The beginning is the most important part of the work.
Plato
Choice, not circumstances, determines your success.
Author Unknown
The great artist and thinker are the simplifiers
Henry Frederic Amiel
The time is now.
I am sharing a series of quotes for Friday Filosophy #2015-16.
- A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
- Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values.
- Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.
- We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force.
- Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but not power to escape the necessity of choice.
- Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual).
- The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.
- If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject.
- Happiness is the state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one’s values.
- The ladder of success is best climbed on the rungs of opportunity.
- So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked, what is the root of all money?
- There are two sides to every issues: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil.
- Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision.
- It only stands to reason that where there’s sacrifice, there’s someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there’s service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master.
- The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody decided not to see.
- Rights are not a matter of numbers – and there can be no such thing, in law or in morality, as actions forbidden to an individual, but permitted to a mob.
- The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.
- The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
That is the power of a THINKER. Those are some quotes from Ayn Rand – the woman who so many disparage because she speaks so clearly and so truthfully that it scares those who are oppressors. They are oppressors in the name of protecting others, when in fact they are trying to control all.
On a personal note, I support freedom for everyone who wants to do, to act and explore. But I do not support anyone who tries to limit me by limiting my options and choices.
Please read and enjoy the quotes, and think about them if you will. Thanks.
The time is now.
We are onto #2015-15 for our Friday Filosophy. Some food for thought for you all.
Remember happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.
Dale Carnegie
You can’t let other people tell you who you are. You have to decide that for yourself.
Unknown
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
Abraham Lincoln
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt
The time is now. If not now when?
Today, Good Friday, I would like to provide you with quotations on knowledge, may all of you have a truly wonderful day and week. Please take a moment to reflect on knowledge with this Friday Filosophy #2015-14.
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
Benjamin Franklin
Real knowledge is to know the extent of your ignorance.
Confucius
To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.
Socrates
Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement.
Peter Drucker
To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
Marilyn vos Savant
A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.
Plato
All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.
Immanual Kant
They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it’s not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.
Terry Pratchett
Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.
Peter Drucker
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
Plato
The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.
Albert Einstein.
There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.
Bertrand Russell
Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society in every family.
Kofi Annan
Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
Plato
The time is now.
Due to a small glitch, we are having Friday Filosophy #2015-13 on a Tuesday.
Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.
Thornton Wilder
You don’t become enormously successful without encountering and overcoming a number of extremely challenging problems.
Mark Victor Hansen
There are two things to aim at in life; first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind has achieved the second.
Logan Pearsall Smith
The time is now.
We are back on track with our Friday Filosophy #2015-12 taking place on a Friday!
Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.
Henry David Thoreau
I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
Bill Cosby
If you would live your life with ease; do what you ought, not what you please.
Author Unknown
The time is now.
Friday Filosophy #2015-11 is getting us closer to being back on Fridays.
A leader is the wave pushed ahead by the ship.
Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
He that will not reflect is a ruined man.
Japanese Proverb
And for my granddaughter:
Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.
James Humes
The time is now.